Paper head-dress



May 30, 1961 M. E. FRA'SCH .2,985,886

PAPER HEAD-DRESS Filed Jan. 6, 1958 F195' 7 v INVENTOR. M00/ E 'GSC.

ATTORNEYS PAPER HEAD-DRESS Mary E. Frasch, 740 Francis Ave., Columbus, Ohio Filed Jan. 6, 1958, Ser. No. 707,406

7 Claims. (Cl. 2-209.3)

The present invention relates to a head-dress and more particularly to a head-dress worn by waitresses.

nited States Patent VC) The head-dress of the present invention includes an i elongated band which can be tied or pinned to form an endless band. The band is worn about the crown of the head of a waitress. The head-dress also includes a replaceable strip which is folded about the band.

The band is formed of ilexible material and is provided with alternate spaced notches and spaced lobes formed along one edge thereof, preferably the upper edge. The strip is also formed of flexible material and is provided with a plurality of aligned perforations. The perforations are spaced sucient distance from one another so as to receive the lobes of the band. The strip is folded 180 degrees at the perforations so that the strip has portions lying on opposite sides of the band with the lobes protruding through the perforations. The strip is of sufficient width whereby one side portion not only covers a side of the band from the dales of the notches to the edge of the band opposite the notch and lobes, but also overlaps at least a part of the other side of the band and the other side portion of the strip when folded at 180 degrees about said opposite edge of the band.

The band of the present invention is also constructed in a novel manner so that the band will retain itself on the rear of the head of the wearer behind the hair line. This is achieved by forming the band from at resilient stock, such as cardboard, and by providing folds or creases in the band at certain locations whereby resilient action of the band retains the band on the rear of the wearers head by clamping action.

Further objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated.

In the drawings:

Fig. l shows the improved head-dress being worn by a girl;

Fig. 2 is a front side view of one form of the band;

Fig. 3 is a rear side view of the band with the strip folded in place -on the band, the side shown being the one adapted to confront the forehead of the wearer;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the strip;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 3, but on a larger scale;

Fig. y6 is a top view illustrating the location of the folds or creases in the band of the present invention; and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of the assembled band of the present invention.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the headdress is shown as being worn on the crown of the head of a girl. The band is formed of a strip of ilexible material such as tough paper. It is preferable to form the band from material that is resilient as well as exible and it may be of any desired color. The band cornprises an elongated central section 22 and opposite and longitudinally disposed tie sections or strings 24 and 26. An edge, preferably the top edge of the band is provided 2,985,886 Patented May 30, 1961 rice with a series of lobes 28 defined by notches 30. These lobes and notches may be of any desired forms or widths and for illustrative purposes only, the lobes are shown as scallops which are of like configuration and are evenly spaced from one another.

The complementing decorative strip 34 is also formed of flexible material such as paper but inasmuch as no stress is applied thereto, it may be formed of lighter weight and thinner material. It may be of any desired color. Referring to Fig. 4, it will be seen that the strip 34 is provided with a plurality of perforations 36, arranged in alignment. The portions immediately between the perforations are numbered 38 and will be referred to herein as spacer portions. Sections disposed laterally of portions 38 are referred to herein as sections 40 and 42. As will more clearly appear hereinafter, the section 40 is folded to provide portions 44, 46 and 48, and the section 42 is folded to provide portions 50, 52 and 54.

In assembling the head-dress 2t), the sheet or strip 34 is placed over the band 22 in such manner that the lobes 28 extend through perforations 36 and the spacer portions 3'3 rest in the dales 55 of the band. Then the sections 40 and 42 bend `downwardly 90 degrees so that they lie parallelly on the front and rear sides of the band 22, the strip being creased on the dot-ted line 56. With the band 22 lying front side 58 downwardly and with the portion 44 of section 40 therebelow and the portion St) of section 42 thereabove, the section 42 is then creased at 60, as shown by the dotted line in Fig. 4, whereby the portion 52 overlies the portion 50, as is more clearly shown in Fig. 5. The portion 46 of section 40 is then folded as at 62 so that it overlies portion 52 of section 42. At this time portions 44 and 46 of section 40 and portions 5t) and 52 of section 42 lie parallelly. Then portion 43 of section 40 and portion 541of section 42 are folded as at 64 and 66, respectively, so that portion 48 overlies portion 46 and portion 54 overlies portion 48.

By creasing along these -fold lines 56, 60 and 66 sufliciently the strip 34 will remain in position. The wearer then places the assembly of the band 22 and strip 34, folded as hereinbefore described, with the portions 50, 54 and 46 confronting the forehead of the wearer. Then the tie sections 24 and 26 are suitably attached to one another as by a string or pin. When the head-dress is thus applied, the various portions are held secure, i.e., they cannot become unintentionally unfolded.

The assembly is thereafter creased outwardly at the center as at 70 and toward the rear, on each side, as at 72 and 73, so that the normally flat lresilient portions intermediate a front crease 70, a second side crease 72, and second side crease 73 yieldingly bear against the head of the wearer.

It will be understood that various combinations of colors may be employed, and also various designs other than that shown may be substituted. All such combinations, however should include complementing lobes and perforations so disposed as to prevent slippage of the strip 34 longitudinally of the band 22.

In its preferred form, the band, Figure 2, is formed of resilient material so that the head-dress will more effectively grip the head of the wearer. As seen in Figure 6, when the band is assembled it assumes a hexagonal coniiguration. When the head-dress is pulled down over the head, the normally flat resilient sides of the band will yield outwardly to permit the head-dress to conform with the shape of the head and due to the resilient characteristics of the material, the llat sides, in bowed configuration, are resiliently urged inwardly into gripping configuration with the head.

While the forms of embodiment herein shown and described constitute a preferred form, it is to be understood that other forms may be adopted falling within the scope of the claims that follow.

I claim:

1. A head-dress comprising an elongated band of flexible material having spaced notches forming dales and lobes along one of the elongated edges thereof, and a strip of flexible material including a longitudinally extending fold line and substantially aligned perforations therein spaced from one another along said fold line by spacer portions of material of said flexible strip defined by and including material adjacent said fold line, said spacer portions being spaced from one another at intervals corresponding with the location of said dales, each of said spacer portions being disposed in a respective dale, said strip being folded at said fold line whereby the strip has portions lying parallelly on opposite sides of the band, said strip being of sufficient width whereby one portion covers one side of the band from the dales of said notches to the edge of the band opposite the notch and lobe edge thereof and overlaps at least part of the other side of the band when the strip is folded about the opposite edge of the band.

2. A head-dress as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the first mentioned edge of the band forms the top edge of the band.

3. A head-dress as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the opposite portion of the strip also extends to said opposite edge of the band and is overlapped by a section of the first mentioned portion of the strip.

4. A head-dress as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the opposite portion of the strip, which lies along the opposite side of the band, is bent back upon itself and is overlapped by a section of the first mentioned portion of the Strip.

5. A head-dress as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the first mentioned edge of the band forms the top edge of the band, and in that the opposite portion of the strip also extends to the lower edge of the band and is overlapped by an upwardly extending section of the first mentioned portion of the strip.

6. A head-dress comprising an elongated band of resilient material in the form of a loop including a front portion, a rear portion, side portions, a lower edge, an

inner surface, an outer surface, and an upper edge provided with spaced notches forrning plurality of upwardly extending lobes, said front portion including a front crease substantially normal to said lower edge, and, in each of said side portions, a first side crease inclined rearwardly relative to said lower edge and a second side crease inclined forwardly relative to said lower edge; and a cover including an outer cover portion overlying said outer surface of said band, an inner cover portion overlying said inner surface of said band, and connecting portions extended between said lobes and joining said outer and inner cover portions, said lobes including upper ends disposed above the top of said cover.

7. A head-dress comprising an elongated band of resi1 ient material in the form of a loop including a front portion, a rear portion, side portions, a lower edge, an inner surface, an outer surface, and an upper edge provided with spaced notches forming plurality of upwardly extending lobes, said front portion including a front crease substantially normal to said lower edge, and, in each of said side portions, a first side crease inclined relative to said lower edge; and a cover including an outer cover portion overlying said outer surface of said band, an inner cover portion overlying said inner surface of said band, and connecting portions extended between said lobes and joining said outer and inner cover portions, said lobes including upper ends disposed above the top of said cover.

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